gangrel
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English gangrel, equivalent to gang + -rel. Compare gangling.
Noun
[edit]gangrel (plural gangrels)
- (dialectal, Scotland) A tramp, vagrant, vagabond.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Two men saw him on the road, and have recorded their experience. One was a gangrel, by name McNab, who was travelling from Gledsmuir to Allerkirk with a heavy pack on his back and a bowed head.
- (UK dialectal) A tall awkward fellow.
- (UK, archaic) A child just beginning to walk; toddler.
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